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The World of Law, Volume II : The Law as Literature

by Ephraim London (Editor)

Other authors: W.H. Auden (Contributor), Francis Bacon (Contributor), Sybille Bedford (Contributor), James Boswell (Contributor), Louis D. Brandeis (Contributor) — 35 more, Edmond Cahn (Contributor), Piero Calamandrei (Contributor), Albert Camus (Contributor), Benjamin Cardozo (Contributor), Morris Raphael Cohen (Contributor), Stephen Crane (Contributor), Clarence Darrow (Contributor), Jerome Frank (Contributor), Felix Frankfurter (Contributor), Lon L. Fuller (Contributor), Mahatma Gandhi (Contributor), Learned Hand (Contributor), A.P. Herbert (Contributor), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (Contributor), Robert H. Jackson (Contributor), Henry James (Contributor), Joan of Arc (Contributor), Edgar Lustgarten (Contributor), Herman Melville (Contributor), H.L. Mencken (Contributor), Henry Miller (Contributor), Montaigne (Contributor), Plato (Contributor), Damon Runyon (Contributor), Sir Charles Russell (Contributor), George Bernard Shaw (Contributor), Lloyd Paul Stryker (Contributor), Jonathan Swift (Contributor), William Makepeace Thackeray (Contributor), Daniel Webster (Contributor), Rebecca West (Contributor), James McNeill Whistler (Contributor), Oscar Wilde (Contributor), John Peter Zenger (Contributor), Émile Zola (Contributor)

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Volume 1 includes writings by Cervantes, Dickens, Terence Rattigan, Lewis Carroll, Guy de Maupassant, Jack London, Anton Chekhov, John Galsworthy, Luigi Pirandello, Sholom Aleichem, W.S. Gilbert, Frank O'Connor, Shiga Naoya, Anatole France, Agatha Christie, Arthur C. Train, Karel Capek, Mark Twain, John Mortimer, Herman Wouk, A.A. Milne, William Faulkner, Honore de Balzac, Sir Walter Scott, James Reid Parker, Theobald Mathew, W. Somerset Maugham, O. Henry, Louis Auchincloss, Bret Harte, Ben Hecht, Rabelais, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and Robert Benchley. Volume 2 includes writings by Damon Runyan, William Makepeace Thackeray, H.L. Mencken, Felix Frankfurter, Stephen Crane, Henry James, James McNeill Whistler, John Peter Zenger, Lloyd Paul Stryker, Emile Zola, Morris Raphael Cohen, Sybille Bedford, Edgar Lustgarten, Rebecca West, Joan of Arc, Clarence Darrow, Oscar Wilde, Plato, Daniel Webster, Sir Charles Russell, Gandhi, Robert H. Jackson, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Camus, A.P. Herbert, Francis Bacon, Edmond Cahn, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Justice Louis D. Brandeis, Herman Melville, Henry Miller, Lon L. Fuller, Jonathan Swift, Justice Benjamin Cardozo, Piero Calamandrei, Judge Learned Hand, Judge Jerome Frank, Judge William O. Douglas, Montaigne, James Boswell, and W.H. Auden.… (more)
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London, EphraimEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Auden, W.H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bacon, FrancisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bedford, SybilleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Boswell, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brandeis, Louis D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cahn, EdmondContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Calamandrei, PieroContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Camus, AlbertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cardozo, BenjaminContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cohen, Morris RaphaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crane, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Darrow, ClarenceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Frank, JeromeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Frankfurter, FelixContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fuller, Lon L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gandhi, MahatmaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hand, LearnedContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Herbert, A.P.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Holmes Jr., Oliver WendellContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jackson, Robert H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
James, HenryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Lustgarten, EdgarContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Melville, HermanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mencken, H.L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Miller, HenryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
MontaigneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
PlatoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Runyon, DamonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Russell, Sir CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shaw, George BernardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stryker, Lloyd PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Swift, JonathanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thackeray, William MakepeaceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Webster, DanielContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
West, RebeccaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Whistler, James McNeillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wilde, OscarContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Zenger, John PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Zola, ÉmileContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Law Like Love by W. H. Auden
"'Daddy" and "'Peaches" (in Law as Lit) by Damon Runyon
The Case of Peytel (in Law as Lit) by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Critical Analysis for Lawyers and Laymen by Felix Frankfurter
The Scopes Trial (in Law as Lit) by H. L. Mencken
An Eloquence of Grief (in Law as Lit) by Stephen Crane
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The trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, printer, who was tried and acquitted, for printing and publishing a libel against the government : with the pleadings and arguments on both sides by John Peter Zenger
The Trial of Queen Caroline (in Law as Lit) by Lloyd Paul Stryker
J'accuse by Émile Zola
The Bertrand Russell Case: A Scandalous Denial of Justice (in Law as Lit) by Morris Raphael Cohen
The Trial of Dr. Adams by Sybille Bedford
The Trial of Lizzie Borden (in Law as Lit) by Edgar Lustgarten
On the Nuremberg Trial (in Law as Lit) by Rebecca West
Testimony Given at Her Trial for Heresy and Witchcraft (in Law as Lit) by Joan of Arc
Summation in the Sweet Case (in Law as Lit) by Clarence Darrow
Apology by Plato
Summation in the Trial of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White (in Law as Lit) by Daniel Webster
Address to the Jury at His Trial for Libel (in Law as Lit) by Émile Zola
The Cross-Examination of Richard Pigott by Charles Arthur Russell Baron Russell of Killowen
A Plea for the Severest Penalty, Upon His Conviction for Sedition (in Law as Lit) by Mahatma Gandhi
Nuremberg trial series : closing address before the International Military Tribunal by Robert Houghwout Jackson
On the Entirely Reasonable Murder of a Police Constable (in Law as Lit) by George Bernard Shaw
Reflections on the Guillotine by Albert Camus
On the Law Prohibiting Business on the Lord's Day/On the Reasonable Man/The Gramophone Libel Case by A. P. Herbert
Of Judicature (in Law as Lit) by Francis Bacon
Preface to The Maxims of the Law (in Law as Lit) by Francis Bacon
The Consumers of Injustice (in Law as Lit) by Edmond Cahn
Dissenting Opinion in United States v. Schwimmer (in Law as Lit) by Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish by Herman Melville
"A Letter Defending the Freedom to Read" (in Law as Lit) by Henry Miller
The Path of the Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Case of the Speluncean Explorers by Lon L. Fuller
On the Science of the Law (in Law as Lit) by Jonathan Swift
The Nature of the Judicial Process, Part I (in Law as Lit) by Benjamin Cardozo
The Crisis in the Reasoned Opinion (in Law as Lit) by Piero Calamandrei
Opinion and Dissenting Opinion in Repouille v. United States (in Law as Lit) by Learned Hand
Opinion on Schmidt v. United States (in Law as Lit) by Learned Hand
Advice to a Young Man Interested in Going into Law (in Law as Lit) by Felix Frankfurter
Letter to Harold Laski (in Law as Lit) by Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Opinion in Buck v. Bell (in Law as Lit) by Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
On Lawsuits as Inquiries into the Truth (in Law as Lit) by Jerome Frank
from "Of Experience" (in Law as Lit) by Michel de Montaigne

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Volume 1 includes writings by Cervantes, Dickens, Terence Rattigan, Lewis Carroll, Guy de Maupassant, Jack London, Anton Chekhov, John Galsworthy, Luigi Pirandello, Sholom Aleichem, W.S. Gilbert, Frank O'Connor, Shiga Naoya, Anatole France, Agatha Christie, Arthur C. Train, Karel Capek, Mark Twain, John Mortimer, Herman Wouk, A.A. Milne, William Faulkner, Honore de Balzac, Sir Walter Scott, James Reid Parker, Theobald Mathew, W. Somerset Maugham, O. Henry, Louis Auchincloss, Bret Harte, Ben Hecht, Rabelais, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and Robert Benchley. Volume 2 includes writings by Damon Runyan, William Makepeace Thackeray, H.L. Mencken, Felix Frankfurter, Stephen Crane, Henry James, James McNeill Whistler, John Peter Zenger, Lloyd Paul Stryker, Emile Zola, Morris Raphael Cohen, Sybille Bedford, Edgar Lustgarten, Rebecca West, Joan of Arc, Clarence Darrow, Oscar Wilde, Plato, Daniel Webster, Sir Charles Russell, Gandhi, Robert H. Jackson, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Camus, A.P. Herbert, Francis Bacon, Edmond Cahn, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Justice Louis D. Brandeis, Herman Melville, Henry Miller, Lon L. Fuller, Jonathan Swift, Justice Benjamin Cardozo, Piero Calamandrei, Judge Learned Hand, Judge Jerome Frank, Judge William O. Douglas, Montaigne, James Boswell, and W.H. Auden.
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Volume II: The Law as Literature
  • Accounts of Notable and Notorious Cases
    • "Daddy" and "Peaches" / Damon Runyon
    • The Case of Peytel / William Makepeace Thackeray
    • The Scopes Trial / H.L. Mencken
    • The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Critical Analysis / Felix Frankfurter
    • An Eloquence of Grief / Stephen Crane
    • Contemporary Notes on Whistler v. Ruskin / Henry James
    • On the Trial of Whistler v. Ruskin / James McNeill Whistler
    • The Trial of John Peter Zenger / John Peter Zenger
    • The Trial of Queen Caroline (The Defense) / Lloyd Paul Stryker
    • "J'accuse! … ": An Open Letter on the Dreyfus Case / Émile Zola
    • The Bertrand Russell Case: A Scandalous Denial of Justice / Morris Raphael Cohen
    • The Trial of Dr. Adams, the First Day / Sybille Bedford
    • The Trial of Lizzie Borden (Verdict in Dispute) / Edgar Lustgarten
    • On the Nuremberg Trial / Rebecca West
  • Testimony and Argument as Literature
    • Testimony Given at Her Trial for Heresy and Witchcraft / Joan of Arc
    • Summation in the Sweet Case / Clarence Darrow
    • Testimony Given Against the Marquis of Queensberry / Oscar Wilde
    • Apology, an Account of Socrates' Defense Against the Charge of Impiety and Corrupting the Young / Plato
    • Summation in the Trial of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White / Daniel Webster
    • Address to the Jury at His Trial for Libel / Emile Zola
    • Cross-Examination of Pigott Before the Parnell Commission (Weilman's the Art of Cross-Examination) / Sir Charles Russell
    • A Plea for the Severest Penalty, Upon His Conviction for Sedition / Gandhi
    • Closing Address in the Nuremberg Trial / Robert H. Jackson
  • Judgments, Observations and Reflections on the Law
    • On the Entirely Reasonable Murder of a Police Constable / George Bernard Shaw
    • Reflections on the Guillotine / Albert Camus
    • On the Law Prohibiting Business on the Lord's Day; On the Reasonable Man; and The Gramophone Libel Case (Misleading Cases in the Common Law) / A.P. Herbert
    • Of Judicature / Francis Bacon
    • Preface to The Maxims of the Law / Francis Bacon
    • The Consumers of Injustice / Edmond Cahn
    • Dissenting Opinion in United States v. Schwimmer / Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    • Concurring Opinion in Whitney v. California / Justice Louis D. Brandeis
    • Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish (Moby Dick) / Herman Melville
    • A Letter Defending the Freedom to Read / Henry Miller
    • The Path of the Law / Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    • The Case of the Speluncean Explorers / Lon L. Fuller
    • On the Science of the Law (Gulliver's Travels) / Jonathan Swift
    • The Nature of the Judicial Process, Part I / Justice Benjamin Cardozo
    • The Crisis in the Reasoned Opinion (Procedure and Democracy) / Piero Calamandrei
    • Opinion and Dissenting Opinion in Repouille v. United States / Judge Learned Hand and Judge Jerome Frank
    • Opinion on Schmidt v. United States / Judge Learned Hand
    • Opinion and Dissenting Opinion in Terminiello v. Chicago / Justice William O. Douglas and Justice Robert H. Jackson
    • Advice to a Young Man Interested in Going into Law / Felix Frankfurter
    • Letter to Harold Laski / Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    • Opinion in Buck v. Bell / Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    • On Lawsuits as Inquiries into the Truth (Courts on Trial) / Jerome Frank
    • From Of Experience / Montaigne
    • From The Life of Johnson / James Boswell
    • Law Like Love / W.H. Auden
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